Pentagon's FORTRESS plan faces rare-earth magnet supply gap
One defense expert says its planned scale is on par with the DoD's Cold War effort; the initiative faces supply constraints as China dominates processing of many critical minerals and US magnet production lags
The Pentagon’s FORTRESS America stockpiling initiative faces a minerals challenge: the US produces less than 1% of the most common type of rare-earth magnet it uses, while China has kept American companies short even in peacetime.